Grooming in impala: Role of oral grooming in removal of ticks and effects of ticks in increasing grooming rate

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 965-971

  Mooring, Michael S ^a,c   Mckenzie, Andrew A ^b,d   Hart, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Wildlife Decision Support Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grooming; Impala; Ixodid ticks; Parasite defense; Programmed grooming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; HABITUATION; INFESTATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SHOULDER; TICK;

EID: 0029987822     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02186-8     Document Type: Article

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